Recent Trends in Isect Pest Management

Contents Preface. I. Host plant resistance and transgenics 1. Transgenic plants pest management and environmental concerns an overview/H.C. Sharma M.K. Dhillon and Joerg Romeis. 2. Feeding preference of Helicoverpa armigera larvae to different tomato accessions/M. Amutha and S. Manisegaran. II. Microbial technology in IPM and inducing Pseudo resistance in host plants 3. Induction of resistance in crop plants against insect pests an attempt with bioinoculants/V. Selvanarayanan. 4. Induced resistance in cotton by application of neonicotinoids against aphids/S. Suganya Kanna P. Karuppuchamy S. Kuttalam and K. Parvathi. 5. Induced systemic resistance through various organic nutrients on the management of leaf hopper Amrasca devastans Dist. In Brinjal/K. Suresh R. Rajendran S. Manisegaran R.K. Murali Baskaran and B. Usha Rani. 6. Induction of resistance through organic nutrients for the management of rice yellow stemborer Scirpophaga incertulas (Walker)/B. Usha Rani R. Rajendran K. Suresh and D.S. Rajavel. III. Recent trends in IPM 7. Progress and perspectives in the Integrated management of insect and mite pests of coconut/S. Jayaraj. 8. Recent trends in rice insect pest management/J. Diraviam. 9. Evaluation of certain organic amendments on the management of Epilachna vigintioctopunctata Fab. On Ashwagandha Withania somnifera Dunal./A. Ravikumar R. Rajendran and C. Chinniah. 10. Evaluation of IPM Modules for the management of Sorghum Pests in Rabi/R.A. Balikai. 11. In search of green pesticides for tea pest management Phlogocanthus thyrsiflorus experience/L.K. Hazarika N.C. Barua S. Kalita and N. Gogoi. 12. Non insecticidal management of pulse beetle Callosobruchus chinensis Linn./L. Ramazeame and D. Adiroubane. 13. Castor and tapioca pest management for Eri culture in South India/K. Subramanian D. Amuthamurugan J. Diraviam N. Sakthivel S. Jayaraj and S.M.H. Qadri. 14. Arthropod population dynamics for the natural control of rice insect pests/J. Diraviam M. Selvanayagam and S. Ignacimuthu. IV. Miscellaneous 15. Emerging trends in insect pest management in Vanya sericulture/R.N. Singh. 16. Mosquito vectors of dengue in India with special reference to the available surveillance tools and control measures an overview/P. Philip Samuel and B.K. Tyagi. V. Genetic improvement of entomophages and improved technology for mass rearing of natural enemies 17. Interaction between the egg larval parasitoid Chelonus blackburni and nucleopolyhedrovirus in Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner)/S. Jeyarani P. Karuppuchamy and N. Sathiah. 18. Life history and predatory efficiency of Stethorus sp. Mulsant (Coleoptera Coccinellidae) an important predator of red spider mite infesting era/K. Perumalsamy A. Babu Sachin P. James and N. Muraleedharan. 19. Mass multiplication of Micromus igorotus a potential predator of sugarcane woolly aphid/C.P. Mallapur K.P. Gundannavar D.N. Kambrekar Sharanabasappa K.A. Kulkarni and R.J. Rabindra. 20. Monitoring the population of Hoppers in rice fields of Trivandrum District Kerala/R. Anis Joseph K.S. Premila and Hebsybai. 21. Rearing of Sycanus croceovittatus (Dohrn) (Heteroptera Reduviidae) on termite food/Soma Das and Ananda Mukhopadhyay. VI. Entomopathogens 22. Role of mycotoxin from the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae for insect pest management current status/V. Padmaja and K. Sowjanya Sree. 23. Validating the bioefficacy of commercial entomopathogenic formulations against key insect pests of Okra/A. Karthikeyan and V. Selvanarayanan. 24. Bioassay of two pathogenic bacteria in tea looper caterpillar Buzura suppressaria and leaf roller Gracilaria theivora/D. De and A. Mukhopadhyay. 25. Evaluation of certain entomopathogenic fungi against Sugarcane woolly aphid Ceratovacuna lanigera Zehntner/D. Aruna Jothi S. Jeyarani and G. Santharam. 26. Isolation of Baculovirus from tea looper caterpillar Buzura suppressaria (Lepidoptera Geometridae) and its bioassay/A. Mukhopadhyay and D. De. 27. Management of Sorghum Army.…